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Obama facing pressure to rip up his lobbyist rulesIn the News

August 12, 2016

The head of the group aiding the presidential transition process is urging President Barack Obama to consider killing his executive order restricting lobbyists from serving in the White House, saying it’s provided limited benefits and could hurt the next administration.

The workers Clinton and Trump should not forgetIn the News

August 10, 2016

In the heat of a bizarre presidential campaign, the horse race makes it easy to forget that the point of politics is governing. And when we think of the next administration, we often focus on who will get the top political appointments.

Behind chaotic presidential campaign, work begins for smooth transition In the News

August 02, 2016

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton already are at work on transition planning from the administration of President Barack Obama, aided by a series of laws passed in recent years that give candidates a head start on the process.

Starting on Monday, transition teams for Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton had access to a workspace in a nondescript government office building near the White House.

Trump, Clinton transition teams move into GSAIn the News

August 01, 2016

With political conventions behind them, the next White House administration moved its transition teams to Washington, D.C. this week to prepare for the transfer of power to the 45th President of the United States.

With political conventions over, presidential transition planning to hit full strideIn the News

August 01, 2016

With political convention balloons now dropped in both Cleveland and Philadelphia, the federal government on Monday begins in earnest to conduct what both parties hope will be a smooth presidential transition under the new law signed by President Obama in March.

Designated transition staffers from both the Clinton and Trump campaigns will move in on Aug. 1 to office space near the White House.

Move in day: Presidential transition teams settle in D.C.In the News

August 01, 2016

On August 1, the federal government will officially offer assistance to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s presidential transition teams. This support signals the importance of pre-election transition planning, and will help the two candidates prepare to govern and fulfill campaign promises if elected.

Move in day: Presidential transition teams settle in D.C. In the News

August 01, 2016

On August 1, the federal government will officially offer assistance to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s presidential transition teams. This support signals the importance of pre-election transition planning, and will help the two candidates prepare to govern and fulfill campaign promises if elected.

Besides providing fully furnished and equipped office space, the General Services Administration will offer additional transition support, including communication services, briefings and assistance to enable the candidates to prepare to govern even as they simultaneously campaign vigorously to win the presidency.

The bipartisan Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010 authorizes the government to provide the major party candidates with work space and services immediately following the political party nominating conventions.

Trump, Clinton transition teams move into GSA In the News

August 01, 2016

With political conventions behind them, the next White House administration moved its transition teams to Washington, D.C. this week to prepare for the transfer of power to the 45th President of the United States.

Whoever that is.

Teams for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump both moved into office space in the General Services Administration on Aug. 1 to start planning for the administrative handoff set for Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2017.

The move is promulgated by the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010, which provides government-funded office space for the nominees of both parties for planning their administrative handovers.

With political conventions over, presidential transition planning to hit full stride In the News

August 01, 2016

With political convention balloons now dropped in both Cleveland and Philadelphia, the federal government on Monday begins in earnest to conduct what both parties hope will be a smooth presidential transition under the new law signed by President Obama in March.

Designated transition staffers from both the Clinton and Trump campaigns will move in on Aug. 1 to office space near the White House. “By this time, they’ve toured the space, got designs and everything should be set up the way they want it to,” former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, who ran Mitt Romney’s 2012 transition and whose name is on the new law, told Government Executive. “They have spent the last two months thinking how to populate that space and will begin filling in desks with people that have responsibilities.”

Presidential transition work has already begunIn the News

July 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, their parties’ nominations secured, are now out on the campaign trail boasting that they are well-equipped and highly prepared to step into the Oval Office next January 20 and run the country boldly and successfully.

Presidential transition work has already begun In the News

July 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, their parties’ nominations secured, are now out on the campaign trail boasting that they are well-equipped and highly prepared to step into the Oval Office next January 20 and run the country boldly and successfully.

But are they? Probably not.

Despite Clinton’s four decades of service in government and politics at the highest levels, and Trump’s extensive vitae as a business mogul and mega-dealmaker, the winner is going to need all the help he or she can get to be ready to govern on Day One.

Staffs have to be recruited, vetted and appointed. Cabinet secretaries have to be chosen and confirmed. A gigantic federal budget has to be submitted to Congress one month after inauguration. The candidates and their top aides have to receive top-secret security and intelligence briefings. The list goes on.

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